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Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik, the USA-based physicist who invented the vision correction laser technology and won the Padma Shri this year for his work in science and engineering, has a dream. It's a bold and expensive dream and a hard one to turn into reality. Bhaumik is on a ten-year mission to produce ground-breaking research in bioinformatics and energy science in India. "The ultimate goal," he says, "is to produce a Nobel Laureate from India at the end of it. " His visits to India are now becoming frequent and frantic.

NEW DELHI: India will soon initiate the feasibility process to launch negotiations for a free trade agreement with Russia and Peru, a move aimed at enhancing economic ties with these nations, Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher said today. Kher also said the new foreign trade policy (FTP) would be announced after the Budget, that would give a direction to India's efforts to enhance engagements with its trading partners. He said India is in the process of increasing its economic engagement with regions including Latin America , Africa, South Asia , West Asia and Central Asia.

NEW DELHI: The 15th International Engineering and Technology Fair (IETF), organised by CII, wrapped up on a high note here today. The four-day long fair, which had a participation of over 36 countries, generated business order bookings worth $15.23 million, according to Subodh Bhargava, chairman, Trade Fairs, CII. Speaking to the press, Sunil Kant Munjal, chairman, CII Economic Affairs Committee and managing director, Hero Corporate Services, said,...

KOCHI: In an attempt in gender diversity, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode, has admitted close to 200 women, about 50 per cent, in its Post Graduate programme of the 2013-15 batch, some of whom are national talents in various fields. IIM-K's PGP 17 batch has inducted 361 students of whom 165 are men and 196 are women, an IIM-K press release said. The institute has admitted a diverse talent profile such as Priya Chandak, who represented India in the world Skating Championships , Prakriti Sharma, a national level swimmer and basketball player and V Lekshmi,All India CBSE Topper in 2007.

NEW DELHI: Private and public companies with a turnover of at least Rs 100 crore per year over a 3-year period have been allowed to set up technical institutes from the next academic session to meet the increasing demand of such institutes. They can establish new technical institution in engineering and technology, pharmacy, architecture and town planning and hotel management catering technology, the government said today. "The All India Council for Technical Education ( AICTE )

ROURKELA: Gouri Shankar Prasad, today took over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of Rourkela Steel Plant after retirement of S.N.Singh from service yesterday. Prasad, was executive director of Centre for Engineering and Technology (CET) at Ranchi before he was elevated to CEO Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela. Prasad who joined in RSP, in 1977 had worked in Rourkela Steel plant, Durgapur Steel Plant and Bhillai Steel Plant. Prasad in a message to employees and executives of Rourkela Steel Plant has expressed immense happiness over his return to Rourkela which he has alway considered his home.

NEW DELHI: The government is considering the report of the S K Joshi committee to constitute an expert group to assess the suitability of transforming seven institutions to the level of IITs, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question, Minister of State for Human Resource Development M A A Fatmi said the committee had shortlisted seven institutions for upgradation. They are the Institute of Technology Bhu Varanasi, University College of Engineering combined with University College of Technology, both belonging to the Osmania University, Bengal Engineering College, Howrah, Jadavpur University's Engineering and Technology Departments, Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology, AMU Aligarh, Andhra University College of Engineering, and Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat)

MUMBAI: The campus placement of IIT Bombay's 2010 batch witnessed a comeback of the financial sector, hike in average salary and higher recruitment by public sector companies. "The finance companies were one of the major recruiters this year," said Ravi Sinha, placement in-charge at IIT Bombay . Finance companies offered at least 70 jobs, 30% higher than last year. The campus placement has witnessed at least 200 firms offering 850 jobs to over 1,100 students. Almost 71 companies offered an average salary of Rs 7.5 lakh per annum compared with 57 last year, said Mr Sinha, He, however, refused to divulge the highest salary offered the recruiters.

NEW DELHI: Auto component supplier Motor Industries Company Ltd has been renamed as Bosch Limited. The entire brand folio of the new Bosch Limited changes to Bosch while Motor Industries Company (Mico) will continue to be used as a brand for automotive aftermarket products, according to a company statement. The new name was approved by the Registrar of Companies, GoI, recently. Along with this, Robert Bosch India Limited, the engineering and IT services arm of Bosch in India, has also been renamed as Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited (RBEI)

NAGPUR: Air Marshal Jagjeet Singh has taken over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Headquarters Maintenance Command here today. He succeeds Air Marshal P Kanakraj, who retired on November 29. After completing his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering (Hons) from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala in 1976, he joined the IAF in 1977 and was commissioned in the aeronautical engineering branch. He is also a post graduate in electrical engineering from Punjab University, Chandigarh and is a PG Diploma holder in management from IGNOU.